Virtualization

Virtualization Projects SuccessGAMA-1 recognizes that server virtualization is a key component of the a “oneUnified” data center consolidation model, which allows
computing, network and storage resources to be dynamically partitioned,
provisioned and assigned to different applications through an intelligent
network fabric.

Supporting the Government Resource for Algorithm Verification,
Independent Testing, and Evaluation (GRAVITE) system under the Tri-Agency
National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS)
Joint Polar Satelitte System (JPSS) GAMA-1 worked with the Federal management
to implement a thin-client data center build. Using a Private Cloud deployment
model, GAMA-1 successfully managed the virtualization of the data center
housing IBM High-performance computing that includes: IBM blade chassis and
blade servers for processing; IBM storage using IBMs high-performance
shared-disk cluster file system; General Parallel File System (GPFS); and Cisco
NEXUS series data-center network switches. Through the data center
consolidation we decreased the footprint by utilizing virtualization – 50
servers to 27 in a period of 9 months. This was almost 50% reduction in
footprint.